What are some of the most affecting movies you've ever seen? I wanna watch a really deep movie that'll make me think and/or significantly affect me emotionally. I'm feeling a bit introspective tonight in case you didn't notice. SO! Name some movies that teach an important lesson, or that you think everyone should watch at least once. I'll start: The Lion King Apocalypse Now
What the $&%# do We Know? Stranger Than Fiction Amistad (Anthony Hopkins' speech at the end was fucking phenominal.) Forrest Gump ("I've worn lots of shoes." -favorite movie line) Braveheart
Scanner darkly definitely A clockwork orange Pink Floyd-The wall Eraserhead (You may not be ready for that mindfuck) Requiem for a dream Dark City The number 23 (Alot of people hated it, i thought it was really good though) Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind EDIT: If you want an important lesson though, check out Fall of the Republic or Zeitgeist Addendum. Everyone should watch these two films
Into the wild brought a new prospective to my life. It made me go back to school and stop waiting for things i want and acctually reach out for them.
Donnie Darko I Heart Huckabees Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Identity Butterfly Effect Full Metal Jacket American Beauty Carrie
American Beauty has already been mentioned a lot, but that one definitely hit me. Also The Fountain. Baraka affected me and made me a more spiritual person over all.
The Fountain American Beauty Requiem for a Dream Into the wild Pi Moon A Clockwork Orange All of these movies have changed my life but definitely the fountain.
Stroszek. Without a second thought. I have found a large number of Herzog's films to be... worldview altering. Lessons of Darkness and even Fitzcarraldo were superb. I highly recommend you see these films. Never have I seen a person mix madness and passion so eloquently in the same breath.
i think im the only Aronofsky fan that thought Pi totally blew shit....and " \t\t\t \t\t\tWhat the $&%# do We Know?" is a bunch of cultish nonsensical BS. Anyways, personal list, some movies arent what your looking for perhaps The Big Lebowski (saw it in theater with my movie loving mum, i was 12, changed alot of things for me) Fight Club (very impressionable in the late 90's i guess, lol) The Beach (inspired me to travel more, my influence to join the usn, bad idea that was) Stay (2005) (dunno exactly why, but i still think about it years later) and to repeat others: requiem for a dream into the wild (inspired a 3 month life hiatus) also watched "A Serious Man" recently and it definitely has had me thinking ALOT recently, and its quite good
I lol'd Almost Famous Fight Club Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Girl, Interrupted The Matrix Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (more so the book; but I saw the movie first and loved it) 21 Grams